How Billy Buckner's WHIP Compares to Similar Players

Billy Buckner posted a career WHIP of 1.62, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest WHIP season came in 2013, posting 1.39, near the starting pitcher average of 1.3 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at 2.39, well above the starting pitcher average of 1.34 that year. The WHIP trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.39 in 2010 to 1.39 in 2013 and 1.77 in 2014. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 6 seasons.

Billy Buckner Lifetime WHIP

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Career1.618
Season Avg.1.618
162 Game Avg.1.618
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Billy Buckner WHIP Per Season

Billy Buckner's WHIP for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Billy Buckner WHIP per season line chart

Billy Buckner WHIP by Team

Billy Buckner's career WHIP totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Billy Buckner career WHIP by team bar chart

Billy Buckner WHIP Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Billy Buckner's career WHIP shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Billy Buckner WHIP year-over-year waterfall chart

Billy Buckner WHIP Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Billy Buckner's seasonal WHIP alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Billy Buckner WHIP distribution box chart versus comparable players

Billy Buckner WHIP — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Billy Buckner's MLB career with WHIP alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Billy Buckner WHIP season-by-season breakdown table